The space of a journey
To be on a journey is to be ‘nowhere’, having left but not yet arrived. Entering a vehicle in one location, time passes, landscapes change, and one exits somewhere else entirely. A very familiar journey can pass through places which are totally unknown to us, it can take us along routes which have been traversed for thousands of years, or newly created to shrink the distances between us ever further. The things seen evoke memories of routes travelled, stimulate thoughts about what lies just out of view, and make us consider the ways we communicate with distant places.
The various prints here, all of which owe their existence to thoughts about the nature of journeys, are part of a large body of work which brought together these many and various ideas about places which lie in between. They evoke landscapes, and make visible ideas of the places we pass through as the otherness of being in a space of transit gives a hunger for places that matter.
There is a distinct story behind most of the works in this series as most were the product of a single long familiar journey and I had lots of time to think, so if you’re interested in knowing more about a specific series, please use the contact form to get in touch.
Rough Edges
etching from a steel plate
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Standing Still
Etching from a steel plate

Perhiperal Vision
Etching from a steel plate

Hinterland
Etching from etched steel plates

A man who looks on Glass
A series of monoprints
using 7 different drypoint plates

Along the grey line
A series of prints
from photo intaglio prints on steel


